As we begin the new year, I’m excited to share that the call for 2020 – 2021 Mosaic Faculty Fellows is out for the IU Bloomington campus! The Mosaic Initiative will be accepting applications for the 10th cohort of Mosaic Fellows until March 23, 2020. Like previous cohorts of Mosaic Fellows, the next round of… Read more »
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Teaching Tips: Hine Hall 118 and Hine Hall 231
We recently interviewed three instructors who taught in Hine Hall 118 and Hine Hall 231 located on the IUPUI campus, and asked them to share their perspectives on teaching in these unique learning spaces. In this blog, Fawzi BenMessaoud, Andy Harris, and Sarah Johnson, generously share their experiences engaging students in these similarly designed active… Read more »
Configuring your classroom: ES 1117
In the last few years, we have published several blogs devoted to showcasing room arrangements for our configurable classrooms, i.e. our Mosaic classrooms with movable tables and chairs. We compile those blogs and share them on the Classroom Spaces tab under the Resources section on the Mosaic website. Today I’ll add one more example to… Read more »
The Blueprint Walk
Teaching in a new classroom this semester? Is it a large lecture hall? A lab? A small seminar space? No matter what your classroom design or size, I’d like to share an activity to help you think about how classroom space can directly support your teaching. I like to call it the “Blueprint Walk”. Step… Read more »
The Mosaic Fellows’ Reflective Portfolio
In this blog I want to highlight a key artifact that our Mosaic Fellows produce during their tenure in the Mosaic Fellows program: the Mosaic Fellows’ Reflective portfolio. At each Fellows session, and based on prompts we provide, the Fellows are asked to reflect (in writing) on the meeting activities and readings. Then, after the… Read more »
Teaching Tips: Student Building SB015 Edition
We recently interviewed several instructors who taught in Student Building 015, located on the IU Bloomington campus, and asked them to share their perspectives on, and experiences with, teaching in this unique learning space. In this blog, Bloomington instructors Tessa Bent, J Duncan, Shabnam Kavousian, Julie Knapp, Jill Robinson, and Susan Siena, generously share their… Read more »
Teaching Tips: IUPUI’s Lecture Hall LE104 Edition
We recently interviewed five instructors who taught in Lecture Hall LE104, located on the IUPUI campus, and asked them to give their perspectives on, and experiences with, teaching in this unique learning space. In this blog, Pat Clark, Lisa Contino, Modupe Labode, Gina Londino, and Kathy Marrs generously share their experiences with engaging students in LE104… Read more »
Reflecting on the ALCOT: an Observation Protocol for Active Learning Classrooms
One of the most common requests we’ve received from faculty who teach in our active learning classrooms, called Mosaic classrooms, is this one: Can you come and observe my class and see if I’m using the room optimally/correctly? As the number of active learning classrooms has grown on our campuses, so too have the requests… Read more »
The Mosaic blog: looking back on 2018
Last year, we launched the Mosaic Initiative blog to share our story of research, classroom designs, and resources for teaching in Indiana University’s active learning classrooms. We’d like to take a moment and reflect on the 2018 blog entries, and highlight the many people who contribute to and shape this initiative. Instructors Over the last… Read more »
Brainstorming the Future Classroom: Reminiscences from the Mosaic Classroom Design Symposium
Today we welcome to the Mosaic Blog, Yu Kay Law, an Assistant professor of Chemistry, Natural Sciences and Mathematics on the Indiana University – East campus. Yu Kay participated in our first annual Mosaic Design Symposium. Along with Mosaic Fellows from many of Indiana University’s seven campuses, Yu Kay engaged in a day of workshops… Read more »